Junkyard dreams

Mudhawk

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So with the sudden emergence of a new manufacturer tuner repurpose artist around going by the moniker of Grey's market, there's a new little Frankenstein zipping around.
The Shiv.
This ship looks like what happens if a Cutlass does the nasty with a Valkyrie and the Freelancer comes home early and considers a threesome to be fair game.
Do not ask where the turret came from. it's too complicated.
Anyhow, now that we do know that it is possible.
And there will be crafting...
I realize that some people will whip out a blowtorch and a cutter and become... creative?
Or maybe they simply wait what the "no picture" project in the Shiv add may turn out as?
Anyhow, it is time to dream wild and wonderful and generally nightmarish for engineers.
Since I'm first I go easy on you.
What does Nyx need?
Obviously a Shiv variant.
The Shiv Rust.
Simply put in the medbed from a Med-turtle and we're golden.
Why not one from the Cutlass Red you ask?
Because it HAS too look out of place and like a rushed job. That's why.
Speaking of turtles though, shall we ask Grey if he might glue that Paladin turret on top of one?
Or at least an M2 turret?
I'd even go for the rocket launcher of the Asgard if it frees the belly for cargo.
That radar seat seriously needs to go... :-)
 

NaffNaffBobFace

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Right walk with me here:

You take one Connie Taurus, right... and four Aurora LN's... you can see where I'm going here... then you take off the engine nacelles and replace them with the Auroras... but then you take the Scorpius, yeah... and you put it's X wings on the Auroras, or at least on their outside edges...

So a drawback is you loose the 4x s5 mounts on the nacelles, but with the 4x mounts per aurora and the extra two mounts on the Scorpius wings, you get 16 s1 and 8 s3 pilot guns I think... the Corsair would be well and truly outgunned.
 

maynard

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Right walk with me here:
You take one Connie Taurus, right... and four Aurora LN's... you can see where I'm going here...
extreme theorycrafting FTW

I always knew The Bobface had a vivid imagination

and I heartily endorse cockpit upgrades for the 'Lancers
 

Mudhawk

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you can see where I'm going here...
I do.
And I got my camera to snap off one of these "Accident of the week" videos.
Apart from that I wonder if we go with your idea and remove the narcelles from the Taurus and add engines at the rear. Would we be able to dock and fuel /rearm 4 Auroras?
Each of them armed with a spinal mounted S5 gun? That can be slaved to the Taurus pilot while not in use?
Can't have the poor guy loose ALL of his potential Firepower, right?
....
Damn...
For some illogical reason I suddenly see a converted Reclaimer in front of my minds eye.
Clawing at the side of an Idris and launching boarding gangways deep into the victims innards while sucking the energy of the enemies engines to enforce it's own shields.
Seems like it's time to take my medications... again...
 
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